Rebirth in Famine: She Thrives by Lucky Space-Chapter 822: Up the Mountain

For Chaoyang and the others, it was their first time taking a train, and seeing so many people eating in the dining car felt very novel.

The two brothers looked at the variety of dishes, "They look pretty tasty."

Old Yang chuckled from the side. "With so many of us eating together, why don’t we each order a dish, that way we can try everything?" Six dishes for four people, Old Yang ordered two portions of vermicelli stew with meat. One serving of rice and three steamed buns, order more if necessary.

The six young men could really eat a lot. Seeing that three steamed buns were far from enough, Old Yang bought each of them two more buns. They ordered another portion of the vermicelli stew with meat and cabbage bean slices, which were favorites.

Now the six young men were satisfied and full.

Old Yang thought to himself that soon they wouldn’t be able to sit still. Sitting on a train without any exercise and eating so much is definitely uncomfortable.

As expected, after eating, the six of them were reluctant to go back.

"I need to walk to digest," Chaoyang was uncomfortable with sitting still, so he slowly strolled down the corridor.

The other five followed behind Chaoyang, and the six of them became quite a sight.

Wei Kaiyun watched them and found it amusing. "You go back to sleep, I’ll stay with them tonight."

"Forget it, you sleep at night, and I’ll sleep during the day." Old Yang shook his head.

Wei Kaiyun smiled, got up, and left. The three children were discussing characters from the Three Kingdoms with Monk Master.

Youngsters shouldn’t listen to Water Margin, nor should the elderly listen to the Three Kingdoms. However, Shang Zhenkun didn’t share this view and explained the characters from the Three Kingdoms in detail to the three children.

Wei Kaiyun lay on the side listening, occasionally chiming in.

Shang Zhenkun had read many books, so his knowledge was quite broad.

At home, Jiang Xinyu didn’t sleep until after ten, and now with the two young ones almost sleeping through the night, she got up at six to tend to them. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Today there wasn’t anything important, so during breakfast, Jiang Xinyu asked Sister-in-law Liu to watch the kids at home. "I’ll go up the mountain to take a look."

"Xiao Jiang, the mountain’s too dangerous. You’d better not go."

"Sister-in-law Liu, I won’t go too deep into the mountains. Don’t worry, I’m just going to see what fruits are left. If I don’t pick them now, they’ll go to waste. I’m just taking a stroll."

Sister-in-law Liu didn’t know how to persuade her, so Jiang Xinyu grabbed a basket, took a machete, and headed up the mountain.

No one had been up the mountain these past few days as everyone was busy with the sweet potato harvest. Soon it would be crowded. So while it was peaceful, she decided to take a walk.

Actually, Jiang Xinyu had no specific goal; she just wanted to take a walk, and if she found something good, all the better. She wouldn’t have to bother carrying it back; she could just store it in her space, so convenient. She walked the same path she took last time up the mountain and saw the persimmons were ripe—a tempting orange.

She remembered eating icicle-dappled persimmons as a child; they were particularly delicious. So, Jiang Xinyu set down her basket. She couldn’t shake them down; she’d have to pick them by hand, otherwise, they’d fall and break on the ground, a waste.

She took out the collapsible ladder she bought for eighty yuan from her space. The persimmon tree was quite mature, so she set the ladder straight against it.

She climbed up, picked a fully ripe persimmon, took a small bite, and savored it in tiny mouthfuls. Truly sweet.

The flesh of the persimmon was even better, crisp with a delightful texture.

After finishing one, she started picking persimmons.

She stored them directly in her space, not bothering with the basket behind her.

She picked enough to fill two baskets, but there were still many left. Jiang Xinyu thought she should leave some for everyone else, so she climbed down. She packed away the ladder and continued forward.

There were already plenty of chestnuts beneath the chestnut trees, but Jiang Xinyu didn’t gather them; there were plenty at home. Wild chestnuts were tiny and too fiddly to peel, and Jiang Xinyu wasn’t up for that task, so she passed them by.

Upon seeing an apple tree, Jiang Xinyu stopped to pick a basket of apples too. She took out her ladder, leaving the few she could easily reach for others.

If Feifei were here, she could gather many herbs, but Jiang Xinyu didn’t recognize them. She had specially looked at a picture of ginseng previously, but didn’t think she’d be lucky enough to find any, and wasn’t going to force it.

At this time, small creatures on the mountain were foraging for food, but Jiang Xinyu had no way to catch them. If she encountered larger animals, she might try, as Feifei had given her plenty of tranquilizers. Jiang Xinyu had fruits and meat ready, waiting to knock them out like last time. Otherwise, with just her? She could only pick up fallen fruits.

Further up she was unfamiliar with the area, and felt a bit scared. She was also tired, so she found a large rock to perch on, and from her space took out a steaming bowl of ramen and a fist-sized piece of beef. She hadn’t been able to afford beef separately at that time but had cooked plenty in T City, so her ramen now had plenty of beef.

She ate contentedly, rested for a bit, then set off again.

Watching a rabbit and a pheasant dash by made her really envious. But she didn’t have the skills.

Jiang Xinyu perked up when she spotted some sour pears.

She picked more than two baskets full, planning to make sour pear preserves. Her kids would surely be delighted when they returned.

Ahead she found jujube trees, and Jiang Xinyu wasn’t shy about it. She spent over two hours there, picking about half of the fruit. Though small, the jujubes were meaty and sweet.

So Jiang Xinyu was unreserved; with this supply, distributing it to the children as New Year treats would be wonderful.

Seeing it was already afternoon, she decided it was time to head back. Beside the jujube trees were several saplings. She thought of returning in spring to transplant two into her yard.

From atop the jujube tree, she looked out and saw a thousand bright red fruits in the distance. Were those sour jujubes?

Recalling sour jujube meal from her childhood, she thought she might have time in the future to make some. Grinding sour jujube seeds is especially beneficial to health.

So her journey home was paused. After coming down from the tree, she headed for the sour jujubes.

Though they didn’t seem far, Jiang Xinyu walked a good quarter of an hour to reach them. It turned out to be a cliffside.

The sour jujube trees had shed their leaves, and being small with thorny branches, she had to be very careful, or she risked painful scratches.

She had gloves on, otherwise her hands would have been badly scratched.

She picked enough to fill half a sack and stopped. She’d continue tomorrow; Sister-in-law Liu would worry if she was late, and Jiang Xinyu also missed the two kids.

By the time she reached the foot of the mountain, dusk was settlin in, with half a basket of sour pears and half of persimmons.

Sister-in-law Liu was really worried; it was so late and still no sign of her.